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Posted By Admin on April 19, 2010

This happened months ago when I had my check-up at Kaiser Permanente, Martinez.  My husband dropped me off early at Kaiser but couldn’t pick me up since he’s still at work. The time I had to wait for husband to pick me up was a bit long and I was deliberating  whether I should call a taxi or just wait for six hours more for my husband to pick me up.

I have never called a taxi yet and never has rode in one, especially not when I’m by myself. And to be honest  I am scared to call a taxi,  I have these thoughts that the taxi driver might turn out to be a serial killer, kill me and drop me off somewhere that nobody will know. But since I didn’t have any choice I decided to call one whose number I have been hiding in my wallet. This was the number of the green taxi that I always see across my son’s daycare, he probably lives there in that neighboring house so I thought that if something happens to me, then my husband can call this number and raid that house.

Anyway so I called the taxi and he agreed to pick me up and take me to the mall. I waited and waited then I saw a cab inching his way to where I was. It was a yellow cab! This isn’t  the green taxi that I saw and told my husband about. Is this the one to pick me up? Inside me I was a bit panicking. Who is this impostor??? My heart is racing a bit. Should I go and trust him? I did get in the taxi but I was really nervous.

Driver: So where are you going?
Me ( trying to test him) : Did he not say where I was going?
Driver: He said  (city where the mall was )
Me: What’s the number of the guy who transferred me to you?
( He called somebody, they talked a bit, and he said the city where I wanted to be dropped off but not the name of the mall that I’ve mentioned to the other guy so I was still very suspicious)
Me: Okay let me get off first and call him because I don’t know you, he’s the one I called. I just don’t want to get in and…

I got off the taxi and I called the taxi driver that I called first..

Me: Did you send another taxi to pick me up?
Him: Yes
Me: What color, what company?
HIm: Yellow taxi, Yellow Cab.
Me: Why did you transfer me to him when it was you I called?
Him: Because he is closer to Kaiser. Why is there any problem?
Me: No, it’s okay. It’s just that you are the one I called and you gave me to him. Is that guy okay?
Him: Yeah he’s okay.

And so I decided to get in the cab. The driver seemed sulking all through out the way,  I felt embarrassed but heck, that’s my first taxi ride here in America  and I didn’t want to tell him that I am  paranoid.  I told the driver my thank you and said, “Don’t be mad now, okay ? Smile”  and got off  …  =))

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Posted By Admin on April 18, 2010

Bat ganon ang pamilya natin sa PIlipinas, pag nagpadala ka, ni hindi man lang mag thank you? Padalhan mo ng balikbayan box, padalhan mo ng pera, pag nareceive na, ni ha ni ho wala man lang ?

Wala lang, bigla ko lang naisip ishare, kasi yung kasamahan ko sa work ganon din ang sabi sa kin, yung mga kapatid nya daw sa Pilipinas pag walang pera text ng text ” Ate , kelan ka po magpapadala ng pera ” or ” Ate kelan po darating yung pinadala mo”  pero bakit  pag na-receive na yung money transfer, wala lang, parang walang natanggap, ni hindi man lang ipaalam na ” HELLLOOOO, nareceive ko na yung padala mo Ate”  so yung coworker ko pa ang  tatawag para lang itanong if nareceive na ba or hindi kasi baka natennga na don sa Western Union.

Mga kababayan, sana naman pag may narereceive kayong padala galing Amerika, kahit text man lang sana  or kahit message sa Yahoo messenger or email kaya, ipaalam nyo naman na natanggap nyo na ang padala. Sabayan nyo na din ng konting “thank you”  kung pwede  kahit ba kakarampot lang ang pinadala or kahit di nyo gusto masyado yung pindalang gamit,  at least alam namin na nareceive nyo?

I remember tuloy,  ang pamilya ko  minsan,ganyan din ,  parang wala lang na pinadala. Pero naisip ko na lang na baka dahil sa masyado nang pamilyar ba, kaya yung mga thank you-thank you na ganyan eh hindi na naiisip?

Oh well, siguro nga ganon ang life minsan, di bale si Lord na lang ang pumupuno ng mga pagkukulang ng iba sa kin. Thank you Lord , for everything.

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Posted By Admin on December 25, 2009

I went to Kmart last week in the hope to buy myself a hand mixer but when I got there, just looking at the prices made me feel guilty. I was looking at a particular brand, but I thought to myself that it’s recession and I should just spend my money on something more important like send money to my husband’s family and mine in the Philippines. I changed my mind and went home without buying anything.

Today December 25, my coworker, my Ate Ludy came by our apartment and gave me her gift. When I tore open the wrapper, I couldn’t believe my eyes , it’s the hand mixer that I wanted to buy at Kmart ! How she learned about this thing I wanted, and the specific brand that I wanted was beyond me coz I certainly did not tell anybody about this.

I am not a believer in coincidences, I only believe in God so I know that this is one of His ways to let me know that He is really alive. He is not just a figment of my imagination. He knows my every want and every need. If He can give me something as small as this gift, surely I know He will grant me my prayers that are more important than this hand mixer.

So for this year, this is my most special material gift, that hand mixer, coz it’s from God, which He coursed through my friend.

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